Not since 2007 has the NFL had a developmental league. That was the final season of NFL Europe, which began playing as the World League of American Football in 1991. This weekend, however, we saw the opening of an entirely new football league — the Alliance of American Football — which began its inaugural season with plenty of attention.
Perhaps it’s Twitter and the advent of social media that has football fans so excited about football in the spring. Perhaps it was a dismal Super Bowl that has fans looking for some additional excitement. Or maybe people just truly can’t ever get enough football.